I'm glad Christie was in it because I actually liked him before it started.
Outside of the wall bullshit that you knew he was gonna spew, I thought Trump faired well. He's a lot smarter than a lot of the other people up there. But then again I probably agreed with a lot cause he's not really a Republican.
If I had to grade the nominees Kasich won easily. I liked him a lot. Jeb probably came in second, followed by Rubio or Trump. The rest were a cluster with Carson and Huckabee fighting for the bottom.
Also I still hate Scott Walker and Rand Paul did better than I expected. He wiped the floor with Christie.
Trump did solid, even though Wallace and Kelly clearly set out to take personal shots at him. He handled it well and owned Wallace on the bankruptcy question. I wish they asked him more policy questions.
Rubio had a very strong night and looked the most presidential. I've said for a while now that I think he's gonna win and I stand by that.
Kasich was very good, but I wish they let him talk more. And his record really speaks for itself, he has been an excellent governor in Ohio. Anyone who can win a re-election by 34% in a state like Ohio as a republican must be legit.
I haven't always been a huge Cruz fan, but he was very impressive last night. I think he's gonna hang in there to the end. Carson faired better than expected and his answer about racial tension was very good. Like Kasich, I wish he had more time to talk.
Jeb did about as well as you could expect. He certainly didn't bomb and faired pretty solid.
Christie, Huckabee, Walker all bombed. Walker is done after that debate. He looked like he was reading the script from a campaign commercial all night.
Rand Paul was the most underrated guy all night. He destroyed Chris Christie and was spot on about Israel, even though the campfire conservatives booed him. By the way, campfire conservatives = the conservatives in focus groups that respond to the 3 trigger words. Israel, Reagan, and 9/11.
Don't get me wrong, Israel is very important and our best ally. But Christie could go up there and say "we're gonna give Israel $385 trillion to bomb the world" and he would get a standing ovation. Meanwhile, Rand Paul gives people the truth and says that we simply can't afford it if we want to balance the budget. Then Christie plays the Reagan and 9/11 cards. That was pathetic.
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